African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal

Vial, Laurence; Wieland, Barbara; Jori, Ferran; Etter, Eric; Dixon, Linda; Roger, François

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African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal

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Dec 2007
By Vial, Laurence ; Wieland, Barbara ; Jori, Ferran ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Vial, Laurence ; Wieland, Barbara ; Jori, Ferran ; Etter, Eric ; Dixon, Linda ; Roger, François
Description:

African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be naturally infected with the causative agent.
Subjects:

African Swine Fever Virus Animals Argasidae/virology DNA, Viral
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 13(12):1928-1931.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Senegal
Volume:

13
Issue:

12
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:14295fbf82eee7f6f7e9d969a720cc56132d39a8f48de4f5dc6405e161ec0363
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16980/cdc_16980_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 376.91 KB ]

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